Above the Pirate King

The so-called crystal ball is the key!

Archibald asked this because he wanted to confirm whether the key to St. Martin was still there!

If it is, it’s okay to say, just use the key to open it!

If he is not there, then he has to find a way to use another method to open the space he is in!

"Crystal ball?" Arthur murmured, rubbing his chin and thinking.

After thinking about it for a while, he slapped his head and suddenly said, "Isn't this the broken ball I played with when I was young? I remember that I thought that ball was very beautiful, and I was young at that time, only three years old. Years old, I have nothing to do, so I took it from the palace treasure house and played for a while!"

As he said that, he showed a tangled look on his face, and he hesitated, "It's just... where did I put the ball?"

After thinking about it for a while, Arthur suddenly slapped his head and said, "That's right! I remembered, I was not interested in the ball after I finished it for a while, so I just hung it in my room. On the roof, it was used as a decoration, and I didn't pay attention to it afterwards!"

"Crackling!"

After thinking about it, Arthur didn't hesitate anymore, he turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared in place!

next moment!

He went back to his room!

"Where's my ball?" Looking at the empty roof except for a few lamp shells, Arthur expressed his doubts!

After thinking about it, Arthur called the maid waiting outside the door to come in!

"Where is the crystal ball hanging on the roof?" Arthur asked.

"Return to Your Majesty! The third princess thought the crystal ball was very beautiful, so she took it to play with!" The maid replied respectfully.

Taken by Nero?

Arthur frowned, and said casually, "Okay, I see, you can go to work!"

After finishing speaking, Arthur didn't wait for the maid to answer, and after sensing Nero's location with his knowledge, he disappeared instantly!

Nero's room!

"Dad!" After seeing Arthur's sudden appearance, Nero's eyes lit up, and he showed a bright smile. He immediately put down the crystal ball he was playing with, and trotted forward!

Seeing this, Arthur picked up Nero and said affectionately, "Good baby!"

Afterwards, after playing with Nero for a while, Arthur took the crystal ball and returned to the previous place.

After Arthur wrapped the iron wire on the metal ball with his hand, Archibald knew it immediately.

"How is it? Is the crystal ball still there?" Archibald asked hastily.

Arthur wrapped his hands around the wire!

"In? That's good!" Archibald breathed a sigh of relief!

What he is most afraid of is that the key is not there. In that case, he will not only have to find another way, but also think of a way before the energy is exhausted, and it may not be successful. It can be said to be very dangerous!

"Now, look for it, are there any tiny lines on that crystal ball?" Archibald said seriously.

Hearing this, Arthur held the crystal ball and put it in front of his eyes, and looked carefully.

Soon, he saw the tiny lines on it that were almost invisible to the naked eye!

Immediately, Arthur wrapped the iron wire with both hands again!

"That's good!" Archibald continued after noticing that the signal had weakened, "Now, you use one finger to trace the lines on it, and keep swipe until your finger returns to the original point!"

Upon hearing this, Arthur immediately dragged the ball with one hand, stretched out a finger with the other hand, and slowly started to draw along the lines on it!

After about a minute, Arthur's fingers flicked and returned to the original point!

In an instant, a dazzling colorful light burst out from the crystal ball in Arthur's hand!

"Kakkaka!"

Immediately afterwards, with the colorful light, the crystal ball in Arthur's hand began to twist and deform by itself.

After twisting and deforming for a while, which Arthur saw dazzled, the crystal ball changed from a transparent state to a completely transparent state, so Arthur could clearly see the inside of the crystal ball!

"This is... a devil fruit!?" Looking at the honeycomb-shaped fruit with spiral patterns inside the crystal ball, Arthur said with some uncertainty.

The reason why he is a little uncertain is not because the devil fruit is not like a devil fruit, but because the current state of the devil fruit is completely different from the ordinary devil fruit!

Through the crystal, Arthur could clearly see that the devil fruit inside was beating!

That's right!

A devil fruit is beating!

It's not a simple beating, but the kind that beats like a heart, and there are some transparent thin tubes around it that look like nerves, connected to it, and beat with its beating!

At the same time, through those transparent thin tubes, Arthur could clearly see that there was also some transparent unknown liquid flowing in those thin tubes!

"Why does this look like a heart?" Arthur asked curiously, frowning.

At this moment, Archibald spoke again!

"The crystal ball should have changed now, right? You should have seen the devil fruit inside that is like a human heart beating, right? I know you have a lot of doubts, but please put it away first. After opening the place where I am, I will Let me tell you in detail!" Although Archibald didn't meet Arthur, he guessed what Arthur was thinking now!

And listening to his words, Arthur put aside his curiosity for the time being!